dissertation

See also: Dissertation

English

Etymology

From Latin dissertātiō, from dissertare.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌdɪsəˈteɪʃən/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌdɪsɚˈteɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

dissertation (plural dissertations)

1. A formal exposition of a subject, especially a research paper that students write in order to complete the requirements for a doctoral degree; a thesis.
2. A lengthy lecture on a subject; a treatise; a discourse; a sermon.

Derived terms

• doctoral dissertation
• dissertationist
• dissertational
• dissertator
• predissertation

Related terms

► English terms derived from the PIE root *ser-‎ (0 c, 21 e)

Translations

formal exposition of a subject

• Armenian: ատենախոսություն (hy) (atenaxosutʿyun), դիսերտացիա (hy) (disertacʿia)
• Bulgarian: дисертация (bg) f (disertacija)
• Catalan: dissertació (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 論文 (zh), 论文 (zh) (lùnwén)

• Czech: disertační práce f, disertace f
• Dutch: proefschrift (nl) n, (Flemish) thesis (nl) f, dissertatie (nl) f
• Esperanto: disertaĵo, disertacio
• Finnish: tieteellinen tutkielma; väitöskirja (fi) (for doctoral degree)
• French: dissertation (fr) f
• German: Doktorarbeit (de) f, Dissertation (de) f
• Gujarati: મહાશોધ નિબંધ (mahāśodh nibandh)
• Hebrew: תזה‎ (he) f, דיסרטציה‎ f

• Hungarian: disszertáció (hu), diplomamunka, értekezés (hu)
• Italian: dissertazione (it)
• Japanese: 学位論文 (がくいろんぶん, gakui ronbun), 博士論文 (はくしろんぶん, hakushi ronbun)
• Maori: tuhingaroa
• Persian: رساله‎ (fa) (resâle), پایان‌نامه‎ (pâyân-nâme)
• Polish: doktorat (pl) m
• Portuguese: dissertação (pt)
• Russian: диссерта́ция (ru) f (dissertácija), тракта́т (ru) m (traktát)
• Spanish: disertación (es) f
• Swedish: avhandling (sv)
• Thai: ดุษฎีนิพนธ์ (th) (dùt-sà-dii-ní-pon), วิทยานิพนธ์ (th) (wít-tá-yaa-ní-pon)
• Vietnamese: luận văn (vi)
• Welsh: traethawd (cy) m

a lengthy lecture on a subject; a treatise; a discourse; a sermon

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: tutkielma (fi), puhe (fi), saarna (fi)
• Hungarian: értekezés (hu), tanulmány (hu)
• Persian: سمینار‎ (fa)

References

• “dissertation” in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989, →ISBN.

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French

Etymology

From Latin dissertātiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.sɛʁ.ta.sjɔ̃/

• Audio

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Noun

dissertation f (plural dissertations)

1. dissertation, essay

Synonyms

• (dissertation, essay): essai, composition, rédaction

Further reading

• “dissertation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).